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On Screen China: Back to (Monkey) Business as Usual as China Shuts Out Imports

Jul 13, 2017  /  Box Office  / 
After a long box office drought for domestic films, action-adventure pic Wu Kong -- China's latest adaptation of the universally-adored Monkey King saga -- kicks off the summer blackout period and will become the first local production in 5 months to gross more than RMB 100 million ($15 million) on a single day. Read More

Streaming Website Bilibili Breaks Silence Over Why It Took Films Offline

Jul 13, 2017  /  News  / 
Chinese video streaming website Bilibili announced on Weibo Thursday night that it took down some films for review but some speculate it is censorship. Read More

Chinese Filmmaker Lu Chuan To Co-Produce Hollywood Sci-Fi Film

Jul 13, 2017  /  News  / 
Lu Chuan will co-produce a futuristic sci-fi film with Hollywood about mechanic dragons in a steel town to be directed by Kevin Greutert of the Saw series. Read More

Video-Streaming Site Bilibili Surprises Viewers by Taking Almost All Foreign Films Offline

Jul 13, 2017  /  News  / 
Bilibili, one of the most popular Chinese video-sharing sites, has taken a large number of TV shows and movies offline since Wednesday, to the dismay of its millions of young users. Read More

Trending in China: Actress Sun Li Reveals Online Friendship with Jack Ma

Jul 12, 2017  /  News  / 
Movado brand ambassador and International Emmy nominee Sun Li revealed on Monday during a women and entrepreneurship conference that she and Jack Ma have been “online friends” for more than four years. Read More

Lights Out: China’s Summer Import Blackout about to Return

Jul 12, 2017  /  News  / 
Movies fans from China should enjoy summer blockbusters during their holidays elsewhere, as those films won't be showing up on screens in China for weeks after their North American debuts, new reports indicate. Read More

Director Dante Lam Finishes Shooting ‘Operation Red Sea’

Jul 12, 2017  /  News  / 
Hong Kong director Dante Lam is wrapping up filming of, 'Operation Red Sea,' which follows his hit from last October, 'Operation Mekong,' and tells the story of the 2015 Chinese evacuation of citizens from war-torn Yemen. Read More

Film Review: ‘Our Time Will Come’

Jul 11, 2017  /  Reviews  / 
Director Ann Hui’s WWII Hong Kong resistance drama 'Our Time Will Come' tells the complex story of the fight against the invading Japanese. Read More

China Textile Company Ditches Schmatta for Movie Business

Jul 11, 2017  /  Money  / 
The company indicates on its website that it is a leader in "high-end home textile jacquard fabrics." Read More

Stephon Marbury Stars as Himself in ‘My Other Home’

Jul 11, 2017  /  News  / 
"My Other Home" (or known by its Chinese name, "I Am Marbury") is a biographical film that stars Stephon Marbury as himself as he finds redemption in the wake of a failed exit from the NBA by leading the Beijing Ducks to the first of three championship seasons. Read More

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